- Benjamin Francis Leftwich【 7 albums 60 lyrics 】
- Benjamin Francis Leftwich (born 4 September 1989) is an English singer-songwriter from York. Leftwich released his first album Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm in 2011 which peaked at #35 on the UK charts. In February 2016 he announced his next album After the Rain on his Facebook page, released on 19 August 2016.
Early life
Leftwich began playing at the age of ten and grew up listening to The Rolling Stones and Nina Simone; later discovering Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, and Elliott Smith. He cites Arcade Fire, Ryan Adams, and Bruce Springsteen as inspirations.
Education
Leftwich was educated at Hempland Primary School, and then at Bootham School.
Life and career
Leftwich's debut album, the Ian Grimble-produced Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm, was released in July 2011. The Fly called it 'a majestic debut' The Skinny, while the Sunday Express called it 'lovely'. Hazel Sheffield, writing in The Guardian, gave it a 3/5 rating, as did David Pollock, writing for The Scotsman, who drew comparisons to Damien Rice and José González. Leftwich's 'Shine' was named Spotify's most addictive track of 2014, the most repeat-played song of the year. In 2015, Benjamin Francis Leftwich co-wrote 'Grow' with British artist Frances which featured in the Amazon UK TV advert. - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
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After the Rain
2016
1.Tilikum
2.Some Other Arms
3.She Will Sing
4.Kicking Roses
5.Summer
6.Just Breathe
7.Cocaine Doll8.Groves
9.Day By Day
10.Immortal (Provided)
11.Mayflies
12.Frozen Moor
13.Just as I Was Waking Up (Provided) -
Covers EP
2013
1.Midnight City (M83 Cover) (Provided)
2.Never Tear Us Apart (INXS Cover)3.Swim Until You Can't See Land (Frightened Rabbit Cover) -
In the Open (EP)
2012
1.In the Open
2.Break the Day Open3.Manchester Snow
4.Is That You On That Plane -
Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm
2011
1.Pictures
2.Box Of Stones
3.1904
4.Butterfly Culture
5.Atlas Hands
6.Stole You Away7.Shine
8.Snowship
9.Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm
10.Don't Go Slow
11.Bottle Baby -
iTunes Festival: London 2011
1.Atlas Hands (Live)
2.Bottle Baby (Live)
3.Pictures (Live)
4.Box of Stones (Live)5.Is That You On That Plane (Live)
6.Bottle Baby
7.Pictures
8.Atlas Hands -
Pictures (EP)
1.Pictures (EP)
2.See You3.The Boat
4.Sophie -
Miscellaneous
1.Blue Blood
2.Shine - Kygo Remix / Radio Edit
3.Atlas Hands - Original Version
4.Rebellion (Arcade Fire Cover)
5.Maps
6.With a Little Help From My Friends
7.Rebellion
8.Won't Back Down
9.Shine (Kygo remix)10.Snowship (Thomas Jack remix)
11.Pure Morning
12.The Middle
13.Super 8 Eyes
14.Rebellion (Lies)
15.Because of Toledo
16.I Am With You
17.Numb
【Correction of errors in the album information】